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Music Publishers Sue XM Radio
Over Songs Stored on Receivers

Members of the National Music Publishers Association sued XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. over XM radios that blur the distinction between listening to a song and owning it.

The suit revolves around receivers with the XM+MP3 service, which allows listeners to store songs they hear on XM and arrange them into playlists, much as listeners do with iPods. An XM subscriber can punch a button during any part of a song and record it, capturing the entire track.